cacalia javanica

Questions about cacalia javanica

What does cacalia javanica mean?

cacalia javanica means "tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia".

What is another word for cacalia javanica?

Close synonyms include tassel flower, Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, Emilia flammea, Cacalia lutea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cacalia javanica a common word?

cacalia javanica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.